Hive Holdings Acquires FLUENT Corp.'s Pennsylvania Dispensary Operations

goFLUENT Acquires Learnship Operations to Expand Corporate Language Training

January 19, 2026

Education

goFLUENT has acquired the business operations of Germany-based Learnship Networks GmbH to strengthen its enterprise language training and assessment capabilities. The deal adds more than 500 qualified trainers (bringing goFLUENT’s trainer base to ~1,500), expands goFLUENT’s footprint in Germany, and integrates Learnship’s customers into goFLUENT’s enterprise integrations and AI-powered learning platform.

Illumina Acquires Fluent BioSciences

July 9, 2024

Biotechnology

Illumina, Inc. has acquired Fluent BioSciences to integrate Fluent's PIPseq single-cell technology into Illumina's product portfolio and accelerate its multiomics capabilities. The acquisition, which closed July 9, 2024 and was funded with cash on hand, brings Fluent's accessible, scalable single-cell chemistry and the Fluent team into Illumina to expand end-to-end single-cell solutions for research and applied customers.

Curaleaf Acquires Bloom Dispensaries

December 28, 2021

Consumer Products

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. agreed to acquire Bloom Dispensaries, a vertically integrated single-state cannabis operator in Arizona, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$211 million. The deal adds four retail dispensaries (Phoenix, Tucson, Peoria, Sedona) plus ~63,500 sq. ft. of adjacent cultivation and processing space in north Phoenix; Curaleaf will pay $51 million cash at close and the remainder via three promissory notes, and Bloom generated estimated 2021 revenue of ~$66 million with EBITDA margins above 40%.

Cresco Labs Acquires Laurel Harvest Labs

December 10, 2021

Consumer Products

Cresco Labs has completed the acquisition of Pennsylvania clinical registrant Laurel Harvest Labs, adding ~52,000 sq. ft. of indoor cultivation/processing capacity, an operational dispensary in Montgomeryville and a second dispensary under construction in Scranton. The deal expands Cresco’s retail and cultivation footprint in Pennsylvania to strengthen its wholesale market position and support clinical research partnerships.

Pennant Group Acquires Ardent Hospice and Palliative Care

August 16, 2022

Healthcare Services

The Pennant Group, Inc. (through its hospice/home-health subsidiary Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc.) acquired the assets of Ardent Hospice and Palliative Care, expanding its hospice and home health footprint in California across the Central Valley, Palm Springs and San Diego. The acquired agencies had a collective hospice average daily census of approximately 90 patients prior to the transaction and will be integrated into Pennant’s existing home health and hospice operations.

HempFusion Acquires Apothecanna

May 17, 2021

Consumer Products

HempFusion Wellness Inc. has acquired 100% of APCNA Holdings LLC (Apothecanna) for initial consideration of US$15.0 million, with up to US$10.0 million in additional milestone payments tied to revenue targets. The deal expands HempFusion's retail distribution (adding ~1,800 stores including CVS), bolsters its e-commerce presence, and is immediately accretive based on Apothecanna's ~US$3.8–4.0 million 2020 revenue.